FAQs Judging

Want to know how our judging works?

We've created some FAQs to help explain who our judges are and what they're looking for.

Who is on the judging panel?

• Chris Stringer - Founder of That Recruitment Company
• Wendy The - Head of IT Engineering at Domino's
• Erik Wiersma - CTO of GoodHabitz

What are the judges looking for?

All nominations will be judged based on the information that is provided in our submission form. Our judges will be looking for examples of innovation and expertise from our nominees. They will also be looking at how a nominee's contributions have impacted their team and the Netherlands' tech scene as a whole.

Our judging criteria is not based off new innovations alone. If a nominee has utilised existing technologies and methods in a way that has drastically improved their team's procedures and processes our judges will also consider them for our top lists.

What does the judging process look like?

Once the nomination period has closed, our TRC Trailblazers team will meet and discuss which nominations make it into our Top Trailblazers List. Everyone who makes it into the list will be contacted to be given the news.

From here, the judges will be given the list and they will decide who makes it into our TRC Top 10 Trailblazers. Those who make it onto this list will be contacted for an interview to learn more about their story.

Meet our judges